IN RE STRYKER LFIT v40 FEMORAL HEAD PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 17-md-2768-IT.

IN RE: STRYKER LFIT V40 FEMORAL HEAD PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This Document Relates To: All Cases.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 11, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity - Personal Injury
Nature of Suit: 367 Personal Injury: Health Care / Pharmaceutical Personal Injury Product Liability
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Driscoll & William D'Orlando, Plaintiffs, represented by Stuart C. Talley , Kershaw Cook & Talley PC, William Alter Kershaw , Kershaw Cook & Talley PC, Paula S. Bliss , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky LLC & Walter Kelley , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky, LLC.

Leanne Halfman, Russell Layne & Gladys Layne, Plaintiffs, represented by Peter J. Flowers , Meyers & Flowers, LLC, pro hac vice.

Donna Dale & James Dale, Plaintiffs, represented by Michael J. Blakely, Jr. , Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, P.C., Michael L. McGlamry , Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison & N. Kirkland Pope , Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, P.C.

Robert O'Hare, Janice O'Hare, Henry Cooney, Donald Crowley & Carol Ann Mayo, Plaintiffs, represented by Paula S. Bliss , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky LLC & Walter Kelley , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky, LLC.

Linda Regan, Plaintiff, represented by Brian L. Kinsley , Crumley Roberts, LLP, Paula S. Bliss , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky LLC & Walter Kelley , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky, LLC.

Rosanne Gmuer, Plaintiff, represented by Annesley H. DeGaris , DeGaris & Rogers, LLC & Wendy R. Fleishman , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein.

Peggy Sherman, Alan Kuehl, Mildred McGuire, John Frost, Marsha Frost, Mark Trent, Robert Bridges, Rosann Bridges, Robert Schulz, Liliane Perez, Sandy Back, Eric C. Stevens & Sofia Stevens, Plaintiffs, represented by Ellen Relkin , Weitz & Luxenberg.

Donald Belisle, Plaintiff, represented by Laura L. Pittner , Goldenberg Law PLLC & Stuart L. Goldenberg , GoldenbergLaw, PLLC.

Dennis Brown & Debbie Brown, Plaintiffs, represented by Charles R. Toomajian, III , Zimmerman Reed LLP & Jason P. Johnston , Zimmerman Reed LLP.

Diane M. Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Lisa S. Lee , Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC, M. Elizabeth Graham , Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Stephanie S. Riley , Grant & Eisenhofer, pro hac vice & Thomas V. Ayala , Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A.

James M. Smith & Cindy F. Smith, Plaintiffs, represented by C. Calvin Warriner, III , Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, Holly H. Dolejsi , Robins Kaplan, LLP, Mark A. DiCello , DiCello Leavitt and Casey & Tara D. Sutton , Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP.

Jane Provenzano & Peter Provenzano, Plaintiffs, represented by Kenneth J. Gogel , Gogel & Gogel.

LeRoy Denne & Deborah Denne, Plaintiffs, represented by Anthony J. Nemo , Meshbesher & Spence, pro hac vice, Ashleigh Elizabeth Raso , Meshbesher & Spence, pro hac vice & Genevieve Zimmerman , Meshbesher & Spence.

Daniel Keller & Carol Keller, Plaintiffs, represented by Anthony J. Nemo , Meshbesher & Spence, Ashleigh Elizabeth Raso , Meshbesher & Spence, pro hac vice & Genevieve Zimmerman , Meshbesher & Spence.

Ardis M. Proue & Edward F. Proue, Plaintiffs, represented by Brenda S. Fulmer , Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, PA & C. Calvin Warriner, III , Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley.

Steven M. Segerstrom, Beth A. Segerstrom, Kathleen Delo, Lee Ann Palmer, Frank Palmer, Bridget Arrington, Edward S. Arrington, Kathleen Dawley, Gerald Dawley, Martin Star, Douglas Brooks, Pin Q. Brooks, Leo Eddinger, Karen Eddinger, Dolores Egan, Matthew Egan, Joseph Gega, Colleen Harmon, Kathleen Henry, Sherryadine Judd, Ronald Kalmback, Sharon Kalmback, Dick McGee, Gail McGee, Claudine Mogg-Brandon, Brent Brandon, Richard C. Ninneman, Mary Joyce Ninneman, Janet Nolton, Dennis Nolton, Joseph O'Keefe, Priscilla A. O'Keefe, Walter Shuman, Jane Shuman, Thelma Smith, Maria Sollers, Michael Travers, Joan Travers, Kameron Pillow, Luis Cadavid, Kathy Cadavid, Larry R. Patterson & Susan B. Patterson, Plaintiffs, represented by C. Calvin Warriner, III , Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley.

Robert Andrukaitis, Curtis Hicks & Jane Hicks, Plaintiffs, represented by Shayna Slater , Anapol Weiss & Thomas R. Anapol , Anapol Weiss.

Patton Witt, Daniel Smeins, Mary Jean Pitts & Betty S. Sadler, Plaintiffs, represented by Anthony J. Nemo , Meshbesher & Spence, Ashleigh Elizabeth Raso , Meshbesher & Spence & Genevieve Zimmerman , Meshbesher & Spence.

Leo Boutiette, Plaintiff, represented by Jason P. Johnston , Zimmerman Reed LLP, Paula S. Bliss , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky LLC & Walter Kelley , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky, LLC.

Richard Fredette, Plaintiff, represented by James Robert Bell, III , Osborne & Associates Law Firm, P.A. & Walter Kelley , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky, LLC.

Henry C. Rayburn, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph H. Saunders , Saunders & Walker P.A. & Walter Kelley , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky, LLC.

Christine McCooe, Plaintiff, represented by Kimberly A. Dougherty , Andrus Wagstaff, PC, Paula S. Bliss , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky LLC & Walter Kelley , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky, LLC.

Gerard Logan & Carol Logan, Plaintiffs, represented by Brian J. Devine , Seeger Salvas LLP, Ellen Relkin , Weitz & Luxenberg & Kenneth M. Seeger , Seeger Salvas LLP.

David Campbell & Glenda Campbell, Plaintiffs, represented by Jonathan S. Mann , PITTMAN DUTTON & HELLUMS, pro hac vice.

Paul Gibbs, Linda Land, Charlotte Telgener, Susan Marvel, Charles E. Gibson, Claire Gibson, Sumpter Barker & Donna Barker, Plaintiffs, represented by Richard R. Schlueter , Childers, Schlueter & Smith, LLC.

Francis T. Hassett, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph H. Saunders , Saunders & Walker P.A.

Rolande Baker, Donald E. Rodgers, Sally Serrago, Sara Thompson, Eleanor Zimny & Anthony Paciolla, Plaintiffs, represented by Stuart C. Talley , Kershaw Cook & Talley PC & William Alter Kershaw , Kershaw Cook & Talley PC.

John Noennig, Janet Noennig, Kenton Beachy, Robert Pakela, Camilla Pakela, Amy Davidson, Niels Foster, John Bortoli, Anna Marie Bortoli, Michael Squicciarini & Tina Squicciarini, Plaintiffs, represented by Jason P. Johnston , Zimmerman Reed LLP.

Eugene Willard, Paul Pfeufer, Barry Day, Charles Edward Haack, Joseph Abbanato, Arne Oyre & Yanique Oyre, Plaintiffs, represented by Joseph A. Osborne , Osborne & Associates Law Firm P.A. & James Robert Bell, III , Osborne & Associates Law Firm, P.A.

Charles Melle, David T. Stewart, David L Johnson, Joseph Kotulka, Daryl Gerber, Judith Venegoni, Karen Rearick, Edward Rearick & Amy Saunders, Plaintiffs, represented by Joseph A. Osborne , Osborne & Associates Law Firm P.A., James Robert Bell, III , Osborne & Associates Law Firm, P.A. & MICHAEL C. SCHAFLE , GREEN SCHAFLE & GIBBS, LLC.

Susan Purtell, Donna Stewart & Paula Johnson, Plaintiffs, represented by Joseph A. Osborne , Osborne & Associates Law Firm P.A. & MICHAEL C. SCHAFLE , GREEN SCHAFLE & GIBBS, LLC.

Lawrence Diedrich & Linda Diedrich, Plaintiffs, represented by Joseph A. Osborne , Osborne & Associates Law Firm P.A., James Robert Bell, III , Osborne & Associates Law Firm, P.A. & Lynn Seithel , Seithel Law Office.

Aaron Powell, Plaintiff, represented by Kimberly A. Dougherty , Andrus Wagstaff, PC, John R. Crone , Andrus Wagstaff, PC & Willard James Moody, Jr. , The Moody Law Firm, Inc., pro hac vice.

Bob Kareis, Dorothy Kareis, Beverly Landis & Robert Green, Plaintiffs, represented by M. Elizabeth Graham , Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Stephanie S. Riley , Grant & Eisenhofer & Thomas V. Ayala , Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A.

Douglas Brink & Jeanne Brink, Plaintiffs, represented by Steven P. Robinson , Diamond & Robinson, PC & Ronald A. Shems, Esq. , Diamond & Robinson, PC.

Joyce Ulrich, Plaintiff, represented by Kristy M. Arevalo , McCune Wright Arevalo, LLP.

Bernard Hoare & Susan Adelman, Plaintiffs, represented by Gregory P. Krull , Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP.

Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, Donna Branyon, Jerry Branyon, Kathrine Bryniarski, Steven Dowzak, Connie Lou Dowzak, Jane Schires, Michael Schires, Administrative Counsel & Alice Grist, Plaintiffs, represented by Ashleigh Elizabeth Raso , Meshbesher & Spence.

Stewart C. Pelton, Plaintiff, represented by Alex C. Davis , Jones Ward PLC, pro hac vice.

Richard Cardone, Plaintiff, represented by Adam H. Weintraub , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLLP & Wendy R. Fleishman , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein.

Betty Shuman, Plaintiff, represented by James N. Osteen, Jr. , Osteen Lawgroup, LLC.

Jean Hester, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer L. Ashley , Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, PC.

Gordon Williams & Sandra Williams, Plaintiffs, represented by Brian J. Devine , Seeger Salvas LLP.

Donald Ray Lovell, Plaintiff, represented by Brian J. Devine , Seeger Salvas LLP & Clinton L. Kelly , The Kelly Firm.

Carmen S. Knudtson, Plaintiff, represented by Leslie W. O'Leary , Johnson Johnson Lucas & Middleton, P.C.

Lois Kolbosky, Plaintiff, represented by Julianne C. Beil , Cutruzzula & Nalducci & Walter J. Nalducci , Cutruzzula & Nalducci.

Beth Ann Bark & Karla Smoot, Plaintiffs, represented by Mark A. DiCello , DiCello Leavitt and Casey.

Jimmy Gordon, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher L. Coffin , Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, LLP.

Larry Hamilton, Plaintiff, represented by Andrew Lee Payne , Payne Mitchell Law Group.

Russell Tincher, Wendall Yaeger, Janet Yaeger, Marc Ledoux, Pamela Keller & Joan Ross, Plaintiffs, represented by Peter J. Flowers , Meyers & Flowers, LLC.

Larry R. Schneider, Plaintiff, represented by Holly H. Dolejsi , Robins Kaplan, LLP.

Jamie Paciolla, Plaintiff, represented by Stuart C. Talley , Kershaw Cook & Talley PC.

Irma Atienzo & Rodolfo Magallanes, Plaintiffs, represented by Thomas V. Ayala , Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A.

Susan Lush, Plaintiff, represented by Laura L. Pittner , Goldenberg Law PLLC.

Carol B. Weis, Jonathan Sellers & Rachel Sellers, Plaintiffs, represented by Annesley H. DeGaris , DeGaris & Rogers, LLC.

Joseph Brett, Plaintiff, represented by C. Elizabeth Littell Courson , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C & Frank Woodson , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis, & Miles, P.C.

Helena Brett, Plaintiff, represented by Frank Woodson , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis, & Miles, P.C.

Phyllis W Hammersley, Phillip D Simmons, James A Zittel & Minnie S Woods, Plaintiffs, represented by Alex C. Davis , Jones Ward PLC.

Alma Carmichael, Plaintiff, represented by NICHOLAS ROCCO FARNOLO , Napoli Shkolnik PLLC.

Pro Hac Vice Admission, Plaintiff, represented by Breann J. Plasters , Andrus Wagstaff, PC, pro hac vice, Brendan McDonough , Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C., pro hac vice, Brett Emison , Langdon and Emison, LLC, pro hac vice, Craig Fishman , Shenderovich, Shenderovich & Fishman, P.C., pro hac vice, Jessica S. Williams , Gomez Trial Attorneys, pro hac vice, John S. Steward , Steward Law Firm, LLC, pro hac vice, Joseph D. Klenofsky , Meyerkord & Meyerkord, LLC, pro hac vice, Kevin P. Sullivan , The Sullivan Law Firm, pro hac vice, Patricia L. Campbell , Langdon & Emison, LLC, pro hac vice, R. Paul Hart , Karsman, McKenzie & Hart, pro hac vice, Sean Hendricks , Meyers & Flowers, LLC, pro hac vice & Todd H. Ramsey , Payne Mitchell Law Group, pro hac vice.

Elliot Goldman & Lisa Goldman, Plaintiffs, represented by William Alter Kershaw , Kershaw Cook & Talley PC.

John Gruver, Plaintiff, represented by Kevin P. Sullivan , The Sullivan Law Firm.

Joseph Mautino & Katherine Mautino, Plaintiffs, represented by Craig Fishman , Shenderovich, Shenderovich & Fishman, P.C.

Edwin R. Brown & Joann Brown, Plaintiffs, represented by Michael Abraham Fakhoury , Michael A. Fakhoury, P.C.

Dorothy Baier, Scott Shields, Jean Westerlund, James Wischnewski & Nancy Soper, Plaintiffs, represented by David J. Szerlag , Pritzker Olsen, PA.

Dennis Hinz, Jill Hinz, Peter Antinopoulos, Tamara A. Bauer, Michael Pallos, Jeanette Zavota, Amy Leyva, Tacsonia Baudoin, Keith Baudoin, Patricia Rendle & George Rendle, Plaintiffs, represented by Walter Kelley , Kelley Bernheim Dolinsky, LLC.

F. Michael Apicella, Plaintiff, represented by Mark M. Abramowitz , DiCello Levitt and Casey.

Phyllis Kerr, Plaintiff, Pro se.

Allan R Gribben & Helen Gribben, Plaintiffs, represented by Ross E. Leonoudakis , Nix, Patterson & Roach, LLP.

Dick Darling & Susan Darling, Plaintiffs, represented by Christin DiMartino , The Walters Law Firm, LLC.

Mark Irving, Plaintiff, represented by Kevin M. Fitzgerald , Fitzgerald Law Group, LLC.

Randall Alex, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel A. Nigh , Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, P.A.

Robert Hanson, Plaintiff, represented by Maria S. Diamond , Diamond-Massong PLLC.

Leonard Armand & Paul Loizzo, Plaintiffs, represented by Ahmed S. Diab , Gomez Trial Attorneys & Jessica S. Williams , Gomez Trial Attorneys.

Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Defendant, represented by Gene M. Williams , Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, pro hac vice, Kim M. Catullo , Gibbons P.C., Madeleine M. McDonough , Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, pro hac vice, Paul E. Asfendis , Gibbons, P.C., David L. Ferrera , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Dawn M. Curry , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Heidi K. Hubbard , Williams & Connolly LLP, Neelum J. Wadhwani , Williams & Connolly LLP, Nelson G. Apjohn , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP & Nicholas N. Deutsch , SHOOK HARDY & BACON LLP, pro hac vice.

Howmedica Osteonics Corp, Defendant, represented by Daniel A. Nigh , Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, P.A.


CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 5

(Deposition Guidelines)

I. General Provisions

A. This order shall govern and control the conduct of depositions of all witnesses deposed in MDL Docket No. 2768 ("MDL No. 2768"). This Order applies to all cases previously or hereafter transferred to this MDL...

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